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New Delhi : India reported 959 new deaths due to Covid-19 in las5 24 hours, up from 893 deaths on January 30, 2022, taking the toll to 4,95,050 on January 31, 2022. The case fatality rate was 1.20% at 8 am on January 31, 2022.

India logged 2,09,918 new Covid-19 cases in last 24 hours, down from 2,34,281 cases on January 30, 2022, taking the tally of cases recorded since the outbreak of the pandemic to 4,13,02,440 on January 31, 2022.

On the other hand, a total of 2,62,628 Covid-19 patients recovered in last 24 hours in India, down from 352784 recoveries on January 30, 2022, taking the tally of recoveries since the beginning of the pandemic to 3,89,76,122 on January 31, 2022. India’s recovery rate (RR) was 94.37% on the day.

India’s Active Caseload was 18,31,268 on January 31, 2022, a decline of 53,669cases in last 24 hours. Active cases constituted 4.43% of the country’s total Positive Cases on January 31, 202, according to Union Health Ministry figure.

The last 24 hours saw a total of 13,31,198 sample tests being conducted in the country. India has so far conducted over 72.89 Crore (72,89,97,813) sample tests. The Weekly Positivity Rate in the country was 15.75% on January 31, 2022, while the Daily Positivity rate was 15.77%.

Meanwhile, with the administration of more than 28 lakh (28,90,986) vaccine doses in last 24 hours, India’s Covid-19 vaccination coverage exceeded 166.03 Crore (1,66,03,96,227) as per provisional reports till 7 am on January 31, 2022.